New Delhi, April 26:
The Tamil Nadu-based URC Ltd is likely to bag the contract for
construction of the metro station at Chennai airport. The value of the
project is estimated at Rs 51 crore.
Official sources told Business Line that URC's bid is likely to
emerge as the lowest from among the seven bids that have been received.
The award of the contract is likely to be announced in the next few
days. The project is to be completed in 14 months from the award of the
contract.
The project involves construction of an elevated metro station and
will include construction of a basement for scooter parking, doing the
entire mechanisation at the station and construction of concourse for
ticket sales among other activity.
The completion of the project will make Chennai the second city
after Delhi which will have a metro train connection to the airport.
Officials indicated that unlike in Delhi the metro connection will not
go right into the airport.
The Airports Authority of India is also in discussions with Chennai
Metro Rail Ltd to designate metro stations where passengers can check in
their bags. This would require adequate screening equipment to be
installed at those stations and security procedures to be put in place,
sources said.
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